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...right is so iconic, such a totem of this particular moment. Coulter epitomizes the way politics is now discussed on the airwaves, where opinions must come violently fast and cause as much friction as possible. No one, right or left, delivers the required apothegmatic commentary on the world with as much glee or effectiveness as Coulter. It is almost impossible to watch her and not be sluiced into rage or elation, depending on your views. As a congressional staff member 10 years ago, Coulter used to help write the nation's laws. Now she is far more powerful: she helps...
FENN: --as fast as we possibly...
...Free to Move About the Cabin--Not So Fast, Mohammed...
Over tea at the elegant Taj Mahal Hotel, a fast-talking broker rhapsodized about a new Swiss-based hedge fund that he's hawking to foreigners. "The upside potential is huge. The downside risk is minimal," he assured me. Foreign investors are so receptive to India, that kind of giddily unrealistic pitch might just work. Indeed, a director at a Bombay brokerage house told me he has been startled by recent encounters with foreign investment firms. Their attitude, he says, is "'Let's just get invested quickly. It's going to boom for the next 20 years...
...Cardinals have been confronting in their daily meetings called General Congregations [which include the Cardinals over 80 who will not enter the Conclave] is how to respond to the popular calls at Pope John Paul II's funeral for a virtually instantaneous beatification that would put him on the fast-track for sainthood. According to Corriere della Sera, a petition circulating amongst Cardinals to hand to the next Pope endorses that call. Apparently not all the Cardinals have signed the petition, and if one of them is elected Pope, he can duly ignore any suggestion that the Cardinals put forth...